dhsilv2
Craigellachie Exceptional Cask Series 19 Year Single Cask
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
October 13, 2020 (edited December 23, 2020)
So another bottle from my chicago trip, this one i opened yesterday morning after starting my day with a lag 25 year....yes this was my "second breakfast" lol.
nose - a billowing sweet cloud of awesome comes off this. Sweet candied fruits, vanillas, almost a red fruit rollup meets complex sugary oak. Wow it's awesome.
Taste - The opening is sweet, fruity, mellow, with baking spices, some nutmeg, tannin, it's complex but not overly so. Its far from a stunner on the up front taste and then we have the finish. And oh what a finish and a LONG finish. The finish starts with a spike in the alcohol that leads to tootsie roll chocolates, there's a lingering spice and heat that lasts and lasts. There's a savory element here too but it's swarmed with sweetness all around.
So it's pretty epic overall. This is far more a clean and subtle dram from Craigellachie vs their more sulfur infused 23 year. That said this is wonderful whisky. To make it all the better it's a damn steal at 200 bucks. This is a Craigellachie for those who are a bit agnostic with the brand but love rich complex sweet dram that are balanced with unique complexity and one of the longest damn finishes you'll have.
4.25...yes it is THAT freaking good!
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@dhsilv2 New plan: we all create 10 fake accounts and hit all of the bottles with horrible reviews on every site we can find while talking up the shelf turds. Leave comments like "This Port Ellen is garbage. It has nothing on my bottle of Cutty Sark!"
@PBMichiganWolverine you're a true hero! I must say it's crazy the premium these bottles cost in the UK while they're almost completely ignored in the states. Maybe I should stop posting my praise here.
@dhsilv2 me me. I’ll just tell the bank to cut me some slack on missing some mortgage payment. And screw the medical premiums too for a few months...especially in a pandemic. :-)
@ContemplativeFox yeah, so @Scott_E won a tasting for 2 in NYC. It included the 51yr old, 23, 17, and a free Craigellechie beach bag and a bottle of the 11. I was honored Scott took me to the tasting.
@PBMichiganWolverine @Scott_E Wow, I just tuned back in here and that sounds like a fantastic tasting event!
@PBMichiganWolverine there's a 39 year, I'd love to try if someone wants to spot for 4k or so.
@PBMichiganWolverine it was a free 200ml of the 13 year. Lol. All-in-all, a good night.
@Scott_E you’re right! It was the 23, not 33. Impossible to be 33...it’s not a prime number. This distillery has an obsession with prime numbers. So, yeah—-we had the 17, 23, 51. And I think we were given a bottle free of the 11.
@PBMichiganWolverine lol. I don’t remember all of it. I thought it was the 17 and 23 along with the 51. I do recall the 51 clearly though.
@Scott_E I may be getting my tastings confused. I could’ve sworn we did that same night.
@ContemplativeFox @PBMichiganWolverine I have respect for Craigellachie as they just produce good quality stuff. 17 was great and the 51 was musty, warm and rich. I don’t remember the 33 (we tasted that one?). I thought we had the 17 or the 19. Lol.
@PBMichiganWolverine Wow, I can only imagine how good both of those must have been! I hope one day to be able to try a 50+ YO scotch.
Glad you found something so good to make up for the ECBP!
I remember having the 33 ( small pour at a tasting ), and it was amazing. In that same tasting, I had their 51yr old—-and that was ethereal. Felt like sitting in an old library with leather books all around you.